My wife has a secret

Chapter 140 Captured
Although Xu Qing brought some troops with him up the mountain this time, most of the 500 imperial guards were left at the foot of the mountain.

Because Xiangshan covers a large area, only sufficient manpower can ensure that the mountain range can be completely blocked.

Naturally, he didn't want any one to slip through the net in this operation, so he brought a team of about a hundred people.

Hundreds of elite armored imperial guards are enough to deal with conflicts of all sizes.

"Wonderful."

In the center of the hall, a middle-aged man dressed as a monk walked out and stepped over the red-painted wooden threshold.

He was wearing the wide robe of the abbot of the temple, and he clapped his hands in front of his chest and praised, "Such a brilliant deduction. I guess you are the previous owner of Chengxuanfang, Shen Shuangxu?"

Shen Shuangxu remained silent, but her cold attitude made it easier to confirm the middle-aged man's inference.

Xu Qing first felt that the man in front of him looked familiar. After a moment of distraction, he realized that the face of this middle-aged man overlapped with that of a person who was undergoing a three-court trial in the Ministry of Justice at that time, and the two merged into one.

When he realized the abbot's true identity, he couldn't help but be moved.

"Prince of Dongwan, Kang Yuwen? Why are you here?"

After the failed palace coup in the capital, this prince took advantage of the cover of darkness and his personal army to escape from the city gate.

According to the information from Chengxuanfang and the witnesses of the people, this man fled with his wife and children to Dongwan County, which he had worked hard for many years. But now it seems that something went wrong.

"That's a bait."

The Prince of Dongwan stared straight into Xu Qing's eyes, with a hint of cunning in his seemingly kind smile.

"According to common sense, you must have thought that I would let the remaining elite soldiers accompany me to Dongwan County and put up a desperate resistance in the territory."

Kang Yuwen changed the subject and said in a different tone: "Don't I know that a defeat is as great as a landslide? So I will do the opposite and send the substitute who I have trained for many years to the carriage and let him die in my place."

Xu Qing's eyelashes twitched slightly, but he still forced himself not to speak.

"No one would have thought that I was hiding in the suburbs of the capital, waiting for an opportunity to strike."

"But if you do this, isn't it the same as handing your family and children over to a stranger, treating their lives as if they were nothing?"

There was a hint of coldness in Qin Shuying's gentle voice and her face was unfriendly.

She grew up in Wangyue Tower, and because she had seen too many people playing with feelings and abandoning wives and children, she had a natural resistance to such actions.

This seemingly amorous courtesan is actually more loyal than most people in the world, and is more easily moved by such things.

"You must be Qin, the fourth wife of the Xu family who raided the Ministry of Justice that night, right? You look thin and weak, and very pitiful, but I didn't expect you to be a martial arts expert..."

Kang Yuwen has thick eyebrows, a square face, and regular facial features. At this moment, he looks like an amiable elder with his cheerful and smiling face.

But there was not even a hint of a smile in his dark eyes.

"Women who come from prostitutes are indeed short-sighted and don't know how to consider the overall situation. Aren't my wives, concubines and children all relying on my blessings to enjoy a rich and luxurious life and live a life of superiority?"

Kang Yuwen said in a nonchalant manner: "After I die, what can these women and children do? Besides, we have women and children. When I regain power in the world and rule the world, I will naturally be able to fill my harems and give birth to countless children."

"You are so inhumane."

Qin Shuying clenched Xu Qing's arm with her slender fingers and looked at Kang Yuwen with disgust, as if he were garbage.

But she also knew that this was Kang Yuwen's hiding place that he had painstakingly built. If the other party dared to appear in front of the three of them without fear, he must have some kind of trump card.

Therefore, Qin Shuying was not prepared to fight head-on, but secretly activated her skills, preparing to take Xu Qing and Shen Shuangxu away from here.

Once they are out of danger, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry will naturally attack the mountain and flatten this place.

"Tsk, tsk."

Kang Yuwen shook his head slowly, taking in the subtle movements of the beauty in front of him.

He said slowly, "Want to escape? You think too little of me."

The moment the words fell, the entire temple erupted in shouts of killing that shook the earth and sky at the same time.

Under Xu Qing's slightly surprised gaze, the "monks" holding standard military swords and spears rushed out from the straw piles and monks' houses where they were hiding and attacked the imperial guards patrolling around.

Even though the imperial guards were well-equipped and had relatively strong martial arts skills, they could not gain any advantage against the monks who had set up ambushes and various traps in advance.

"I see……"

In the rapidly changing situation, Xu Qing understood the actions and thoughts of the Prince of Dongwan.

The believer of the White Lotus Sect in the Falun Temple was actually the Prince of Dongwan himself. He fled here with his carefully selected personal soldiers and replaced all the monks of the temple with his own men.

This would explain why Qin Shuying saw that the monks looked rather burly and strong when she entered the temple last time.

Even though he was very cautious and led more than a hundred imperial guards into Falun Temple, he still failed because he did not anticipate that the Prince of Dongwan himself and some of his personal soldiers were hiding there.

"Shuying!"

Although the current battle situation is somewhat tricky, the distance between the Prince of Dongwan and them is not far.

Qin Shuying possesses superb martial arts and swordsmanship. If she can capture the rebel leader, she will naturally be able to control all of the enemy's personal troops.

But Kang Yuwen also saw through Xu Qing's thoughts.

The latter's mouth curled up into a strange arc, because he had seen the other party's female companion when she came to pray last time. Knowing that Qin Shuying was a master protecting the young master of the Xu family, how could he be unprepared?

Before Qin Shuying could make any move, an unusual squeaking noise suddenly came from the roofs around them. Xu Qing and the other two raised their eyes and looked towards the roofs where the noise came from. They were shocked to find that several crossbow carts more than two meters long were pushed out.

The shapes of these crossbow carts were exactly like those of the military, and they were exactly the same as the crossbow cart in Suzhou, but wooden wheels were embedded in the four corners of the platform carrying these crossbow carts, giving these weapons the ability to move.

"see it?"

Kang Yuwen smiled and said, "Facing a master like you, I have already prepared a countermeasure, waiting for you to fall into my trap... But what I didn't expect was that in addition to the two of you, the first wife Shen would also come with you. It was a pleasant surprise."

Qin Shuying's eyes changed slightly. She had suffered from the crossbow during the prison break in the Ministry of Justice, so she naturally knew the power of this thing.

After all, the martial arts in this world cannot reach the sky or the earth. No matter how strong a master is, he is just a flesh and blood body, and cannot compare with the speed and power of a crossbow.

So now the situation of several people is a dilemma.

"With you as my nephew, I have the capital to negotiate with the Queen Mother. If I can bring Shen Nianyan's only daughter to Dongwan County and control her... there is always a way out."

Qin Shuying knew that the current situation could not be left to Kang Yuwen's control, but when she moved her wrist, the bowstring of a crossbow on the roof bounced. Then, before anyone could react, the crossbow arrow shot out with a force of a thousand pounds, making a series of wind-breaking sounds in the air and piercing the welcoming monk next to Xu Qing.

Then, the arrow with a thick arm dragged the body of the welcoming monk for several meters until it hit an incense burner and stopped.

Xu Qing was shocked by the scene before him. Although he had seen this thing in Suzhou before, the crossbow arrow only served as a deterrent.

Now that the crossbow arrow had demonstrated its power in front of Xu Qing, it had left a deep impression in his mind.

He can almost be called the king of the cold weapon era. No wonder even martial arts masters are unable to defeat him.

At the same time, the sounds of fighting and swords clashing in the temple became weaker and weaker, until finally they disappeared.

As dozens of "monks" with blood on their swords emerged from all directions, the corpses of the imperial guards lying on the ground showed who was the final winner in this conflict.

"Don't act rashly. Your lives are in my hands."

Kang Yuwen's words dispelled Qin Shuying's other thoughts. The action just now was obviously a warning to them, indicating that if there was any unusual movement again, those crossbow arrows would definitely fly towards them.

If there were only one or two crossbow carts, Qin Shuying would still have some ways to deal with it, but there were at least seven or eight crossbow carts pushed onto the roof, and there was no way to break the situation.

“Not really.”

Xu Qing saw the flaw in Kang Yuwen's words and pulled Qin Shuying behind him.

This strange action made Kang Yuwen frown slightly, and asked in confusion: "Why? Can you escape from the siege of so many crossbows?"

"I just want to make a deal with the Prince of Dongwan."

"Oh? You want to say that you are not important to the Queen Mother, and hope that the King will not use you as a bargaining chip?"

Kang Yuwen was sure that the desperate Xu Qing would make a useless excuse, so he said with a smile: "When I was in Falun Temple, I also knew everything about the movement in the capital, so your treatment in the palace cannot be concealed from others."

Xu Qing knew that Kang Yuwen showed up to stop him with the intention of holding him hostage, so he didn't think of using any clever tricks that would be easily exposed.

He shook his head, made up his mind, raised his hand and said loudly: "I will use my life to buy them to leave."

"Do you think you have the capital to negotiate with this king?"

Kang Yuwen glanced at Xu Qing with disdain. That charming woman knew martial arts and had true feelings for this boy. She risked her life to rescue him several times. She was undoubtedly a disaster.

But Shen Shuangxu has great value. Simply imprisoning this girl and preventing her from working for the Queen Mother can invisibly help the Holy Church.

Not to mention that this girl's father is the prime minister, and she herself is extremely intelligent and a very rare think tank.

Kang Yuwen is not a fool, so why would he let such a person go for no reason?

"I, Xu Qing, am deeply loved by my aunt, but this is only limited to when I am still alive... If I die here, what will you use to reason with my aunt? You don't think my aunt would care about anyone other than me, do you?"

Kang Yuwen was stunned by Xu Qing's explanation.

He previously thought that Xu Qing and his companions had already entered the encirclement and were already in his hands.

But this kid actually knew how to use his own life as a bargaining chip to force me to agree to his conditions.

The most hateful thing is that everything is just as he said. If this kid dies, the old witch who loves her nephew so much will go crazy in the palace and wipe out all living things on this mountain.

Thinking of this, Kang Yuwen also realized the importance of Xu Qing. Only if he was alive would he have the bargaining chip to negotiate with the Queen Mother.

In comparison, Shen Shuangxu seems less important.

"Huh, what a slippery boy."

Seeing Kang Yuwen's intention, Xu Qing struck while the iron was hot and said, "How about you let them out of the temple now, and I will go to your place... Once your men control me, you don't have to worry about me committing suicide."

"it is good."

Kang Yuwen closed his eyes slightly and directly agreed to Xu Qing's deal and request.

As a local vassal, he knew the overall situation and what the biggest bargaining chips were.

As long as Xu Qing is in hand, everything else can be turned a blind eye and pretended nothing happened.

"Xu Qing..."

Xu Qing turned around and saw Qin Shuying and Shen Shuangxu with complicated expressions. The former's eyes were filled with shock, and it was obvious that she didn't expect him to stand up and exchange his life for hers.

And this time, Qin Shuying did not call him husband as usual.

After a while, the pretty and charming lady pursed her lips, as if she had figured something out, and said slowly: "Let her go alone. Our lives are connected. Wherever you are, I will be there."

Xu Qing understood that Qin Shuying was talking about the love poison, but to outsiders, these words sounded like extremely sweet and cheesy love talk.

Although Kang Yuwen closed his eyes, the wrinkles on his brows were noticeably deeper.

"You didn't even listen to me this time."

Xu Qing pulled down Qin Shuying's hand that was tightly clasping her arm, gave her a soothing look, and said calmly: "If I were missing an arm or a leg, my aunt would definitely not let this guy go, but if you were to be captured with me, I'm afraid..."

"Afraid of what?"

"My wife is so beautiful, how can she be coerced by others? After all, any man in the world would be moved when he sees you."

Qin Shuying blushed when she heard this, and naturally understood the meaning of Xu Qing's words.

It seems that the husband offered himself voluntarily because he was worried that he would suffer.

The corner of Kang Yuwen's mouth twitched in front of the golden Buddha in the main hall, and a blue vein appeared on his forehead.

If Xu Qing was not his only bargaining chip in negotiations with the palace, he would have ordered all crossbows to be fired, so as to kill this couple who were showing their affection in broad daylight.

After Xu Qing dispelled Qin Shuying's thoughts, he took the jade pendant that Lianhua Jun gave him, held it in his palm, and placed it in Shen Shuangxu's hand.

The jade pendant bestowed by the Empress Dowager herself has extraordinary symbolic significance.

With the help of this item, Shen Shuangxu will definitely be able to command the troops stationed at the foot of the mountain and Chengxuanfang.

As the previous owner of Chengxuanfang, Shen Shuangxu can naturally bring out the best of both and handle this matter properly.

(End of this chapter)